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w.-s. REYNOLDS.

MEASURING VESSEL.

.No. 410,333. 7 Patented Sept. 3, 1889..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVALTER S. REYNOLDS, OF OLAYTON, DELAWVARE.

MEASURING-VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,333, dated September 3, 1889.

Application filed January 4, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER S. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clayton, in the county of Kent and State of Delaware, have invented new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in measuring-vessels, and especially to cans for usled upon oil-pumps to measure oil as it is so The invention consists in certain novel features, that will .be hereinafter described and claimed. v

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a can provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, showing the supportjfor the receiving-vessel raised. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the measuringvessel with the lid removed.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates an oil-tank, of the usual or any preferred construction, having a removable perforated top, and provided with a pump B, supported by the said top and extending down into the tank. The dome O is constructed with a cylindrical portion D and a frustoconical portion E, rising from the cylindrical portion. The said cylindrical and conical portions are provided with an opening F, which is closed by a curved sliding door G,

, having its lower edge mounted between the side of the top, and aourved flange H, secured upon the perforated portion of the top concentrically with the rim or side of the same. The upper edge of the door rests against a ring I, secured in the upper end of the conical portion of the dome, and provided at its lower edge with an inwardly-proj ecting flange or shoulder J, as shown.

K designates the measuring-vessel, which may be of any desired capacity, and is supported by the annular flange or shoulder J of the ring I, and is provided in its bottom with a faucet L, through which the oil is drawn off for delivery to purchasers, and is also provided with a short depending-tube M, which is connected with the pump B by means of a flexible tube N, as clearly shown.

The measuring-vessel is provided in one side with a vertical slot 0, which is closed by Serial No. 295,398- (No model.)

supplies the vessel K with oil, the end of the pipe B being over the faucet and provided with a strainer S, so that the sediment contained in the oil will be removed therefrom as it passes from the pipe. The measuringvessel is also provided near the slot Q with a vertical perforated partition T, so as to keep the foam away from the glass, in order that the level of the liquid in the measuring-vessel can be accurately ascertained.

U designai es short horizontal bars which are secured across the glass and serve as indicators to mark the several quantities which can be measured by the device. i

Across the top of the tank I secure a bar or base-plate V, which is provided with a longitudinal slot W, which aligns with the longitudinal slot X in the top of the tank.

Y Y designate a series oflegs which are hinged at their lower ends to the base-plate and at their upper ends to a table or supporting-plate Z. On the under side of the plate Z, I secure a depending swinging rack-bar a, which engages a stationary pawl 19, secured to the base-plate and having its edge project ing over the end of the slot NV. The rack-bar moves through the slots W X, so as to be out of the way when it is desired to lower the supporting-table, and the said table can be raised to any desired height, so as to support vessels of various capacities by causing the rack-bar to engage the stationary pawl at the proper point, as will be readily understood. The rack-bar is disengaged from the pawl by an operating-rod c, which is mounted on the under side of the table Z, and has its inner end pivoted to an arm at, projecting upward from the end of the rack-bar, so that by drawing the said rod forward the rack-bar will be caused to swing, so as to lift its lower end from engagement with the stationary pawl.

In practice the oil is pumped from the tank on the table Z, the said table is raised, so as I to bring the vessel in position beneath the faucet, after which the faucet is opened, so as to allow the oil to escape into the vessel.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very efficient and compactly-arranged device. The strainer, secured to the pipe R in the measuring-vessel, effectually removes all sediment from the oil before it is allowed to enter the faucet, and clogging of the faucet is consequently prevented.

The vertical perforated partition in the measuring-vessel prevents the foam'flowing against the glass, so that the level of theliquid will be distinctly seen.

The folding support for the measuring-vessel, when the device is not in use, is lowered,

top of the tank entirely free for the storage of small cans, as maybe desired.

The measuring-vessel can be easily removed for the-purpose of cleaning by simply lifting it from the supporting-ring I, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, I claims- 1. The oil-tank having the perforated top and the dome C erected thereon, the measuring-vessel supported at the upper end of the dome, the pipe-connections between the measuring-vessel and the tank, the pump B within the latter, an d the supportin g-table Z, attached permanently to the perforated top of the tank and inclosed within the dome below the measuring-vessel, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the oil-tank and the dome therefor, of the pump, the measuring-vessel supported by the dome and having a short tube depending from its bottom, the flexible tube extending between the said short tube and the pump, the pipe R, arranged within the measuring-vessel and eommuni eating with the tube depending from the bottom of the same, and the strainer secured on the end of the pipe R, as set forth.

3'. The combination of the measuring-ves sel having a slot in its side provided with a transparent cover, the vertical perforated partition arranged within the vessel adjacent to the slot, the inlet-tube and discharging-faucet in the bottom of the vessel, and the pipe R within the vessel, leading from the inlet-tube and provided. with a strainer, as set. forth.

4. The improved measuring device herein described and shown, comprising-a tank, a pump in the tank, a supportingtable on the tank, a measuring-vessel supported by the flexible connections between the pump-and the measuring-vessel, the discharge-faucet L in the bottom of the measuring-vessel, and a transparent gage'in the side of the measuring vessel, as specified.

In testimony that I claim: the foregoing as myown I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER S. REYNOLDS. lVitnesses:

J. H. SIGGERS, E G.S1eenns. 

